Catholic Foundations: Catholic Theology in Context
2025-02-03 19:00 - 2025-03-03 21:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Holy Spirit Seminary, Banyo, 487 Earnshaw Rd, Banyo, QLD, 4014, Australia
Module 1 – Catholic Theology in Context
One of the most striking and consistent themes in the consultation process of the Plenary Council was the call for more and better formation in faith for all the baptised. In response to this call, the Archdiocesan Centre for Catholic Formation was launched in order to engage the baptised in a deeper experience of God as understood and experienced in the Catholic tradition.
At the heart of the Centre’s offerings are four core modules entitled Catholic Foundations. Catholic Foundations is designed to draw Catholics into the fullness of the Catholic life and provide formation for those considering ministry roles. The experience will engage both the head and the heart so participants grow in knowledge and the lived experience of Catholic faith. This module includes 10 sessions supported with opportunities for individual reflection and an optional certificate awarded at completion.
Each module of our Catholic Foundations course is open to all, and you do not need to have completed other modules in order to register for Module 1.
Module 1 will introduce some key principles of the Catholic faith as we seek to understand more deeply who God is and who we are called to be in response to God.
Sessions include:

Reasons to Believe
God Revealed to Humanity
God’s Message
The Central Mystery of the Christian Faith
The Second Person of the Trinity
The Third Person of the Trinity
Living Theology
Communication with God
God’s Church
Theology and Unity

Session Details
Module 1 – Catholic Theology in Context will commence on Monday 3 Febrauray 2025.
Sessions will be held on Monday evenings (3 February, 10 February, 17 February, 24 February, 3 March, 10 March, 17 March, 24 March, 31 March, 7 April) from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at Xavier Hall, Holy Spirit Seminary and will be live-streamed to regional hubs*.

Harvest Journeys
2025-02-13 - 2026-01-20 | Various
For over 35 years, Harvest Journeys has been singularly devoted to faith-based travel. We are 100% dedicated to Catholic pilgrimage and providing every traveller with the greatest opportunities to reap the abundant fruit that pilgrimage provides.
Every pilgrim group is accompanied by a Catholic priest as chaplain who helps to connect the external physical journey with the interior faith journey by providing opportunities for spiritual guidance, scripture, prayer and reflection at holy sites, and ready access to the Sacraments.

Didaskō Faith Formation – Ecclesiology
2025-03-03 08:00 - 17:00
The Church as the Mystical Body of Christ
Presented by Dr Mario Baghos
This course will explore the relationship between Jesus Christ as head of the Church and the faithful as his mystical or spiritual body. Focusing on the Scriptures and Tradition, it will show that God was preparing the establishment of the Church by Christ in his ministry and with the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. It will then address Jesus as the master of both the universe and the Church, before showing how our participation in the sacraments—specifically Christ’s body and blood in the Eucharist—initiates us into Jesus’ death and resurrection leading to eternal life. And this has implications not just for us, but for the whole world, even the cosmos.
Dates
Session 1: Monday 3 March
Session 2: Monday 10 March
Session 3: Monday 17 March
$35 per person – valid single login for an individual (+ booking fees)
$100 for Parish Groups – single login for a group gathering in-person (+ booking fees)

Safeguarding for Leaders and Leadership Teams
2025-03-04 | Online
This session has been designed for those with leadership responsibilities in Catholic organisations including bishops and congregational leaders of religious institutes. This training has been written to meet the requirements of NCSS Standard 5.3.2
it is held in two sessions around six weeks apart

Leading with Hope in Uncertain Times
2025-03-06 12:30 - 15:30 | Greg Craven Centre, ACU -Level 7, St Teresa of Kolkata Building, 115 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, VIC, 3065, Australia
Where do we find hope and what role does hope play in effective leadership? The 2025 Jubilee theme ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ invites us to consider current events and how we might find and contribute to a climate of hope in troubling times.
Ahead of International Women’s Day, CDF and CSSV invite you to a special Catholic Connect Workshop as we explore the role hope plays in effective leadership and leadership formation. Hear from a panel of three inspiring women, as we explore:
– How hope shapes effective leadership
– Where leaders find hope in times of uncertainty
– How leadership formation nurtures a culture of hope
Panellists:
Micaela Cronin – Commissioner for Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence; Former CEO, MacKillop Family Services
Sr Joan Healy RSJ AO – Sister of St Joseph; Founding board member, MacKillop Family Services
Annie Carrett – Chancellor, Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne; Chief of Staff to the Archbishop of Melbourne
All mission focussed ministries are invited.
Register here: TryBooking Link

Embedding a Culture of Safety into Parish Pastoral Councils
2025-03-07 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
A panel presentation and discussion with Archbishop Mark Coleridge, Very Rev Fr Chris De Souza, Fr Brian Lucas
Archbishop Mark Coleridge BA DSS leads the Archdiocese of Brisbane, offering spiritual guidance with wisdom, dedication, and faith.
Very Rev Chris de Souza, General Secretary, Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. In addition to many parish appointments over the past four decades, Fr de Souza has also served as vicar general, episcopal vicar for formation, episcopal vicar for education, director of prison chaplains, director of deacons and students, and vice rector of the diocesan seminary.
Fr Brian Lucas is the national director of Catholic Mission, the church agency supporting missionaries around the world.
This panel will discuss their perspectives and insights into embedding a culture of safety within parish pastoral councils. This session will provide time for questions and answers.
When
11am (Melbourne time) Friday 7 March 2025, this session will run for about 90 minutes.

Eremos - Introducing the Intensive Journal® process Online
2025-02-16 14:00 - 17:00 | Online
Sunday 16th February from 2:00 – 5:00 pm (AEDT) Online via Zoom
Led by Kate Scholl
Introducing the Intensive Journal® process
Online Session (3 hours)
This 3 hour online workshop offers a brief introduction to the work of Dr Ira Progoff on the dynamic of the Intensive Journal method. Participants will experience a few of the exercises that are part of the 2-day workshop. It’s designed to give people a taste of this process and help you decide if you would like to participate in a full workshop. $20 of the registration fee paid for the introductory session will be deducted from the registration fee for a Life Context workshop if you register within 12 months of completing the introduction.
Fee: $40 or $30 Early bird booked by 1 February
For more information:
More information about Kate and the workshops can be found on the Eremos website.
See details about all workshops on the Eremos website and the Intensive Journal Facebook page
Registrants will be sent the Zoom link upon registering.
This same workshop is also offered on Friday 7th March 2 – 5 pm AEDT. Details here. 7th March Introducing the Intensive Journal Process

THE WAY TO THE CROSS CAMINO: Heathcote to Bendigo
2025-03-08 - 2025-03-09 | Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, 61 Ebden Street, Heathcote, VIC, 3523, Australia
A camino spirit, a two-day pilgrimage walk during the first weekend of Lent 2025 from Heathcote to Bendigo via the historic O’Keefe Rail Trail. Be a pilgrim and walk in peace meditating the steps of Jesus to the cross. Inspired by the notable El Camino de Santiago.

Eremos - "Martuwarra: Living Water”
2025-03-09 15:00 - 16:30 | Online
Eremos Inaugural 2025 gathering (Online)
Sunday 9 March 3 – 4:30 pm (AEDT)
Building on the 2024 Listening to Country Series, our inaugural gathering for 2025 is led by elder, academic, community leader and passionate advocate Professor Anne Poelina. Her address will explore the Martuwarra (Fitzroy River) as one of Earth’s last great river systems and “how from the beginning of time, Aboriginal people connected to the area now known as the West Kimberley and cared for Country.”

About the speaker
Professor Anne Poelina, citizen Nyikina Warrwa (Indigenous) Nation, PhD, PhD, MEd, MPH&TM, MA. Chair & Senior Research Fellow Indigenous Knowledges Nulungu Institute Research University of Notre Dame, Adjunct Professor, College of Indigenous Education Futures, Arts & Society, Charles Darwin University, Darwin.
She is a filmmaker, poet and storyteller and gifted public speaker, incorporating the arts into knowledge brokerage and transformation. See: www.annepoelina.com.
Anne is the Murray Darling Basin (MDB) inaugural First Nations appointment to its independent Advisory Committee on Social, Economic and Environmental Sciences (2022) and a Visiting Fellow Water Justice Hub at The Australian National University, Canberra. She is the inaugural Chair of the Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council (2018). www.martuwarra.org.
Professor Poelina has received numerous awards including:

In 2024 she received the Bessie Award Bessie Rischbieth Conservation Award, from the Conservation Council Western Australia for demonstrating an outstanding commitment to the Western Australian environment.
She is Co-winner of the Women Taking Climate Action Award, awarded by the Zonta Club of Melbourne on Yarra and the Zonta International District 23 Zonta Says NOW team (2023).
Awarded Kailisa Budevi Earth and Environment Award, International Women’s Day (2022) recognition of her global standing.
In 2017, she was awarded a Laureate from the Women’s World Summit Foundation (Geneva).

Additional Endeavours

Ambassador for the Western Australian State Natural Rangelands Management (NRM) (2023). Assistant Commissioner National Water Initiative (NWI), Productivity Commission -Australia (2024).
2024 Patron Sustainable Population Australia and Deputy President and founding member Australian National Peace and Security Forum (ANPSF).
Peter Cullen Fellow for Water Leadership (2011).
Founding member of the Commonwealth Department Climate Change Energy the Environment and Water, Aboriginal Water Interest Group and the Western Australian government Aboriginal Water and Environment Group (AWEG).

Several Eremos members were inspired by Professor Poelina speaking at the recent Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC) Conference and agreed she would be a fabulous choice for an Eremos event.
“When we go back to Country, it lifts our spirits. We feel alive, because the land itself is alive. It’s a spiritual connection that we share with the River, the trees and the animals. It’s like a healing place. We want to keep that continuing into the next generation.”
Patricia Riley, Martuwarra River Keeper & CEO of Panadanus Park Community

$20 or $15 early bird if booked by 20 February.
Free for Eremos members
Registration is essential.
To register, click on ‘purchase tickets’. Members will receive free registration if logged in.
Please note: The Zoom link is in the registration reply. When you receive your confirmation email, scroll down past the ‘Order summary’ to the Registration message.

Parish Pastoral Council Formation Autumn 2025
2025-03-13 19:00 - 21:00 | St Martha’s Leichardt, 38 Renwick Street, Leichhardt, NSW, 2040, Australia
Parish Priests and Administrators, with their Parish Pastoral Councils (PPCs), are invited to an evening of formation on the importance and role of Parish Pastoral Councils. This is a repeat of the 2025 sessions especially for new parish council members as well as parishes and PPC members who missed out.
Date: Thursday 13 March 2025
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm (doors open at 6:45pm)
Venue: St Martha’s
Address: 38 Renwick Street, Leichhardt
Register at: https://www.trybooking.com/CYSQC
For more information contact parishrenewal@sydneycatholic.org.

BBI The Australian Institute of Theological Education - Praying with images and praying with our experiences
2025-03-15 16:00 | Online
The Christian spiritual tradition offers us many creative and enriching ways of praying. In these sessions we will look, and have the chance to practice, praying with art, praying with icons, and praying with our lived experience. We will have an eye to our own personal interior nourishment, as well as to the usefulness of these ways of praying in the classroom situation.

Session 1: Thursday 15 May 2025
Session 2: Thursday 22 May 2025
4:00PM [AEST] or 4:00PM [WAST]/6:00PM [AEST]

BI-TAITE continues to offer a range of adult faith online programs requested by teachers and school offices. Initially designed as After school sessions as you can see from the offering times in the schedule, these are also available at times more suited to your group, parish and workplace.
For group bookings please contact Gerard Moore: gmoore@bbi.catholic.edu.au

BBI The Australian Institute of theological Education - Introduction to Mission
2025-03-17 | Online
ONLINE LEARNING & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTRODUCTION TO MISSION
Through our partnerships, BBI-TAITE offers a range of online, in-your-own-time learning opportunities each supported by a specialist in the field.
You can take up the offers at the dates below, or contact us for alternate ways to access the material that may build the culture and knowledge of your organization. Group access is easily negotiable.
INTRODUCTION TO MISSION with Patrick Fox
In partnership with Catholic Mission Australia, our Introduction to Mission short course explores the Missionary nature of the Church. It is mission which creates Church, and the Church is at the service of the mission. This short course of eight sessions is for all those who want to explore the breadth and depth of their personal and professional life lived as mission, aligning that with God’s dream for all creation.
It is ideal for groups and workplaces seeking to work within a common framework of Catholic mission.
Participants are introduced to a biblically informed Catholic understanding of the Mission of the Church, which informs the key points of the contemporary expression of the Mission of the Church. The closing modules apply this mission lens to contemporary issues and challenges.
The course consists of eight online sessions which include video presentations, readings, and online discussion, as well as optional extension resources. A digital certificate is provided upon successful completion of the written learning tasks.
The short course is offered twice each year. The eight week program is organized into two blocks of four weeks each, punctuated with a week break in between each set.
First Offering: March 17
Second Offering: August 4
ENROLMENT & FURTHER INFORMATION Introduction to Mission (Catholic Identity Series) – BBI

The Aussie Camino
2025-03-17 - 2025-03-26 | Mary MacKillop Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 362 Albert Street, East Melbourne, VIC, 3002, Australia
Take the 10-day pilgrimage across the Australian Camino, which perfectly balances scenery, soul-searching, and spiritual growth. This journey offers a unique opportunity to connect with nature and find inner peace while exploring the beautiful South Australian landscape.
Today’s, pilgrim travellers, taking the direct road to Penola, along the modern highway, would find it a great challenge unless going all the way by car. However, a calmer and more relaxed route has been chosen for those who wish to make a more authentic pilgrimage on foot. For the first few days, the Camino follows the Great South West Walk (GSWW), which is followed by numerous farm tracks, goat trails, minor roads, and even abandoned railway lines.
The Great South West Walk, a 250-kilometre track established in 1981, is located in Victoria, Australia. It passes through several national parks, including Lower Glenelg, Cobboboonee, Discovery Bay Coastal, Mount Richmond, and Cape Nelson State Park.
Walking a camino is a centuries-old tradition. It offers a spiritual journey inspired by lives of fulfilment and service. The natural beauty and camaraderie of fellow travellers enhance the experience.
Starting in Portland, where Mary MacKillop gained teaching experience, the walk ends in Penola, her foundational site. Pilgrims can visit significant sites like the stable park and schoolhouse, and St Joseph’s church for contemplation and prayer. Mary’s life exemplifies faith, forgiveness, and kindness, strengthening and encouraging many.
She founded the Sisters of St Joseph in Penola with Father Julian Jenison Woods. Reflecting on their beginnings, she wrote in 1891, “Little did either of us then dream of what was to spring from so small a beginning.
Running approximately 12 times per year.

BBI The Australian Institute of Theological Education - Preparing a Mass: Preparing a liturgy of the Word
2025-03-19 16:00 | Online
A lot of work and resources go into the preparation of a Mass. We will work together to create a practical guide to this task. A different guide opens up the many possibilities for preparing a liturgy of the Word and a service of prayer.
Session 1: Wednesday 19 March 2025

Session 2: Wednesday 26 March 2025
4:00PM [AEDT] or 4:00PM [WAST]/7:00PM [AEDT]

Register here

For group bookings please contact Gerard Moore: gmoore@bbi.catholic.edu.au
BBI-TAITE continues to offer a range of adult faith online programs requested by teachers and school offices. Initially designed as After school sessions as you can see from the offering times in the schedule, these are also available at times more suited to your group, parish and workplace.

Priced Out. Locked Out: Housing and Hope
2025-03-27 | ACU Melbourne, 115 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, VIC, 3065, Australia
Jubilee Year Events – Faculty of Education & Arts
The first FEA Executive Dean seminar of 2025 will spotlight the Arts.“In Focus Executive Dean Presents…Priced Out. Locked Out: Housing and Hope” will be held on 27 March 2025 in Melbourne.
The panel discussion will focus on housing affordability and access examined from a structural vs agential approach.Australia is currently facing an unprecedented housing crisis, where affordability and access are seemingly out of reach for many. Driven by economic pressures, shifting demographics, and systemic inequities, the barriers to secure housing have never been greater. Is there hope for people looking to get their foot on the first rung of the housing ladder? This panel brings together experts from the housing industry, academia, and politics to explore the structural and agential factors driving the crisis and what can be done to improve the outlook.
Are sweeping policy reforms the answer, or can individual and community-led initiatives pave the way? Join us for a critical discussion on the causes, impacts, and pathways to unlock affordable housing for all Australians.
